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Álvaro del Portillo

February 19: two Álvaros beatified, but not yet canonized

Blessed Álvaro del Portillo, who underpinned the life of St. Josemaría and the history of Opus Dei, celebrated his feast day on February 19, the feast of Blessed Álvaro de Córdoba (a 15th-century Dominican reformer). Already in this century, when Don Alvaro was beatified (2014), the Church decreed his feast on May 12. Thus the Blesseds do not "fight", but there is still no Saint Alvaro.

Loreto Rios

Lent, 40 days of conversion

Today, February 14, we celebrate Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, the liturgical season dedicated to the preparation for Easter.

Loreto Rios

Lourdes and its pilgrims: Order of Malta, Provencals and bikers.

Lourdes receives thousands of pilgrimages every year, and some of them are characterized by being really picturesque. Some of the most significant are those of the Order of Malta, the Provençals, the Swiss Guards or the bikers.

Loreto Rios

Pilgrims of Hope

The logo of the next Jubilee 2025 represents pilgrims coming from the four cardinal points, symbolized by the colors, embracing an Anchor-Cross.

Arturo Cattaneo

Blessed Justus Takayama Ukon, the Christian samurai

February 4 marks the feast day of Justus Takayama Ukon, a samurai who lived in the late 16th and early 17th centuries and was beatified in 2017 by Pope Francis.

Loreto Rios

Simeon Stachera: "'Pray for me,' we ask Muslims."

Simeon Stachera is a Polish Franciscan and director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Morocco. In this interview, he talks to us about the Missionary Childhood projects that are being carried out in this country.

Loreto Rios

Centenary of Our Lady of Fatima, 2017

Miracles of the Virgin Mary and nature: 'the sun danced', snowfalls, flowers…

Omnes Editorial Staff

Saint Maximilian Kolbe.

Saints of Auschwitz: Kolbe, Stein, Salesians… The goal: education

Omnes Editorial Staff

Diane Foley

Diane Foley: "I could not have endured the murder of our son without my faith in God"«

Teresa Aguado Peña

The Tears of Saint Lawrence

The Tears of Saint Lawrence: When the Stars Remember a Martyr

Teresa Aguado Peña

Co-founder of Acutis AI

Acutis AI: This Is How Leo XIV Wants Us to Experience the AI Revolution

Omnes Editorial Staff